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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Cytokinetics CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 13, 2026, Cytokinetics, Incorporated (the “Company”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and MyoKardia, Inc. The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment that the Company does not infringe U.S. Patent No. 12,616,697 (the “’697 patent”) and that the claims of the ’697 patent are invalid.

In the complaint, the Company requests, among other things: a judgment declaring that the Company does not infringe and has not infringed any valid claim of the ’697 patent; a judgment declaring that the claims of the ’697 patent are invalid; a judgment preliminarily and permanently enjoining the defendants, and those acting in concert with them, from threatening or initiating infringement litigation against the Company or against users, customers, dealers, suppliers, sellers or distributors of the Company’s MYQORZO®(aficamten), or charging any of them with infringement of the ’697 patent; an award of the Company’s costs; a finding that this is an exceptional case, together with an award of the Company’s reasonable attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 or otherwise; and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. The Company has also demanded a trial by jury on all triable issues. The Company intends to vigorously assert its legal rights, but the outcome of any litigation is inherently uncertain.

The Company will provide updates regarding this matter, to the extent required or appropriate, in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and does not otherwise intend to comment on this matter.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061983/000119312526348060/cytk-20260813.htm

'Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount, source says'

 Ukraine has sent Russia an offer suggesting they both halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source said, as both countries warned about threats to global food supplies following weeks of intensified strikes on vessels and ports.

The offer to suspend attacks was transmitted by Kyiv via a third party, and Ukraine was still waiting for a response, the source who is familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Both Russia and Ukraine, major players on the world agriculture market, have accused each other of intensified targeting of vessels used for agricultural exports.

Kyiv was forced to turn to alternative shipment routes after many shipowners halted stops at ports in the southern region of Odesa - primary for grain exports - wary of Russian strikes on dozens of foreign-flagged ships and port infrastructure.

Russia did not immediately comment on the matter publicly. Before the report, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Moscow had received no formal Black Sea ceasefire proposal.

"Recently, we have been hearing many calls for various kinds of moratoriums and truces. These ideas are being put forward through various channels, but we have not received any formal proposals," he said, according to Russia's state news agency TASS.

Euronext September wheat BL2U6 turned lower, giving up sharp earlier gains following the Reuters report about Ukraine's offer.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday that a proposal had been conveyed to Russia and Ukraine for both countries to declare a moratorium on attacks in Black Sea.

Russia's de facto blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the Odesa region has sent Ukrainian grain exports tumbling 76 per cent year-on-year so far in August, with the agricultural sector warning of vast consequences for the economy should it persist.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ukraine-offers-russia-truce-in-black-sea-food-supply-fears-mount-source-says-6318116

Taiwan warns against Uganda travel as passport disputes grow

 Taiwan urged citizens to postpone travel to Uganda after a series of passport disputes, the latest sign of growing pressure on the island’s international presence in Africa.

Three Taiwanese business travellers and their family members arriving at Entebbe airport near Kampala on Aug 12 had their passports seized by immigration officials, who demanded Chinese passports instead, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Aug 13.

The Taiwanese documents were eventually returned and the travellers allowed entry, but the incident marked a second such case involving two Taiwanese travellers, one of whom was deported, the ministry said.

Ugandan officials said the requirement was part of enforcing the country’s “one-China policy,” according to the Taiwanese ministry.

Taipei’s representative office in Somaliland, which oversees relations in Uganda, is seeking clarification from Ugandan authorities.

China claims the self-governing island of Taiwan as part of its territory. The US is among nations supporting a so-called one-China policy that treats the island as inseparable from the mainland.

“Uganda should recognise the reality that Taiwan and China are not subordinate to each other and refrain from imposing inappropriate entry restrictions for political reasons that could undermine normal bilateral exchanges and interests,” the Taiwanese ministry said.

The dispute follows other recent tensions over the treatment of Taiwanese travellers in Africa. Taiwan suspended visa processing for Moroccan nationals in late July after Morocco imposed similar restrictions, while Taipei threatened retaliation after Kenya barred Taiwanese delegates from a global maritime conference and detained an academic from the island for 20 hours in June.

Taiwan only has 12 official diplomatic partners, with most countries recognising Beijing’s authority above that of Taipei. Countries without formal ties to the island still accept Taiwanese passports, with the rare exception of Georgia.


Africa has become a key front in China’s efforts to isolate Taipei’s presence on the world stage. Earlier in 2026, Beijing persuaded three African countries to close their airspace to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s plane in a bid to derail his trip to Eswatini, Taipei’s last partner on the continent. 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-warns-against-uganda-travel-as-passport-disputes-grow

​​​​​​​"Abolish NYSE Stock Exchange," Says China-Based Hasan Piker Producer, Mamdani Campaign Alum

 Far-left influencer Hasan Piker's China-based producer, Eric Hovagim, who also worked on socialist Zohran Mamdani's campaign, has said on recent podcasts and streams that he wants to "ban the American stock market" and has boasted about his relationship with a known Beijing-based propagandist waging an informational war on the US. 

Hovagim discussed his close friendship with China-based Marxist billionaire Roy Singham, whose network of revolutionary NGOs has been accused of promoting pro-Beijing and communist propaganda through what some describe as a possible foreign subversion network.

Via Free Press:

Taken together, these revolutionary comments from Hovagim merely point to a far-left agenda, suggesting that the Democratic Socialists of America are not truly focused on affordability, Palestine, climate change, opposition to data centers, or whatever the hottest issue of the day may be. Instead, they appear more focused on dismantling the foundations of America's capitalist system.

Stu Smith of the Manhattan Institute wrote on X:

Hasan Piker's China-Based Producer Wants to "Communize the United States"

I don't think it has fully sunk in that Hasan Piker employs a China-based producer who helps make his content and produce his interviews, is an open China apologist, worked on Zohran Mamdani campaign videos, and says he wants to "communize the United States of America."

He says Chinese surveillance has made his life materially better, calls much criticism of Beijing American propaganda, says there has never been a good U.S. president, wants the New York Stock Exchange abolished, and openly wonders whether America needs "a whole new system."

On another stream, Hovagim told his followers: "I'm friends with Roy Singham. He's dope."

Hovagim laughed off the idea that Singham has secret ties to the Communist Party of China, before acknowledging that Singham "is friends with a lot of them."

Hovagim boasted about his ties with Singham's wife, Code Pink cofounder Jodie Evans. He called her "f**king dope." 

"Texted her when the Treasury subpoenas arrived… She told me not to worry because they do this shit to us literally all the time," Hovagim said, referring to Jodie Evans, Code Pink cofounder, getting subpoenaed for a trip to Cuba to visit the communist in Havana. 

Hovagim continued to boast about his Singham ties, saying, "The whole squad out here, we all know him." 

He then praises Evans as "the real deal," citing her relationships with Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, and Nicolás Maduro's son.

Manhattan Institute analyst Smith commented, "The most revealing part may be how ordinary all of this appears within Hovagim's social and political world. Singham is not described as a distant donor or shadowy figure. He is a friend whom "the whole squad" knows, while Evans is someone Hovagim can text directly when subpoenas arrive." 

Foreign policy investigator Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon revealed earlier this week that Arc of Justice, a nonprofit operated by Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin, was ordered to cease operations after years of missing tax filings and unanswered questions about what happened to $51 million in reported assets.  

"The silence from Arc of Justice raises unanswered questions about a foundation that has long served as the financial backbone for a network of radical advocacy groups tied to Benjamin and her Code Pink cofounder, Jodie Evans," Kredo wrote in the report. 

Far-left extremist Hasan Piker & Jodie Evans in Cuba: It's all one big network of radicals ... 

Fox News' Asra Nomani recently broke the story that Singham is at the center of a Justice Department criminal probe: A federal grand jury is investigating China-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham over alleged financial improprieties involving $278 million that investigators say moved through his financial network over the past decade.

Risk intelligence platform Sayari shows Evan is Arc of Justice's registered agent and serves as the bridge to a broader network of entities, including:

  • Codepink Action Fund
  • Codepink: Women for Peace
  • Environmentalism Through Inspiration and Nonviolent Action
  • The MEP Foundation
  • MP & JK, LLC
  • Gateways and Passages, LLC
  • Agrarian Land Trust
  • Schumacher Center for a New Economics

The chart's main takeaway is that Arc of Justice is connected through Evans to several far-left Code Pink-related and other nonprofit or corporate entities.

According to investigative reports (e.g., New York Times, 2023), Singham has worked closely with pro-CCP propaganda networks targeting the US.

From NYT:

What is less known, and is hidden amid a tangle of nonprofit groups and shell companies, is that Mr. Singham works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide.

From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, The Times tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Mr. Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points.

Bitcoin Policy Institute documented one of those alleged Singham foreign influence operations: 

The takeaway is that the socialist movement in America wants to destroy the nation from within, which could be linked to foreign subversion networks operating within the nonprofit sphere:

Related:

...and Bernie Sanders and much of the Democratic Party have welcomed these socialists and Marxists into the party's coalition. That embrace has become an absolute gold mine for opposition-research teams on the GOP side, which can draw on a steady stream of inflammatory statements from socialists and other far-left revolutionaries whose views remain far outside mainstream American opinion.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/china-based-hasan-piker-producer-mamdani-campaign-alum-calls-abolish-nyse-stock-exchange

Park Dental beats, updates growth outlook

 

Park Dental Partners beats Q2 2026 estimates with non-GAAP EPS $0.66 and revenue $66.2M, updates 2026 organic growth outlook

  • Q2 2026 revenue rose 5.1% to $66.2 million, highlighting modest top-line growth.
  • Net income in Q2 2026 decreased 47.5%, representing a 47.5% drop in reported earnings.

Aveanna beats, ups guidance

 Aveanna Healthcare Q2 net income $40.3M ($0.18, $0.22 adjusted) on $670.5M revenue, raises FY 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance


https://finviz.com/stock?t=AVAH&p=d



CorMedix beats, ups guidance, DefenCath resilient post-TDAPA, secures all 5 top US dialysis providers

 

CorMedix beats Q2 estimates and raises EBITDA guidance as DefenCath stays resilient post-TDAPA, secures all 5 top U.S. dialysis providers

  • Q2 revenue $101.9M, up from $39.7M (+157% YoY), driven by DefenCath and Melinta.
  • Q2 results beat analyst estimates, and the company raised full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance.
  • DefenCath revenue $66.1M; Melinta portfolio $35.8M, first full comparable quarter post-acquisition.
  • Net income $26.0M (diluted EPS $0.29) versus $19.8M (EPS $0.28) last year.
  • Adjusted EBITDA $58.7M versus $22.4M YoY; full-year EBITDA guidance raised to $125–$140M.
  • Full-year 2026 revenue guidance maintained at $325–$345M; DefenCath $175–$195M, trending mid-to-high end.
  • New multi-year DefenCath deal secures all 5 top U.S. dialysis providers; pilot starts Q3 2026.
  • Post-TDAPA, large-provider DefenCath volumes stable with expected attrition among smaller sites; July orders tracking forecasts.
  • Rezzayo prophylaxis Phase 3 met non-inferiority primary endpoint with favorable safety; sNDA filing targeted for Q3 2026.
  • DefenCath TPN Phase 3 enrollment boosted via protocol amendment; completion still expected in 2028.
  • Gross margin: not disclosed; operating margin: not disclosed; strong cash position with $256.7M cash and equivalents.
  • Main concern: Long-term DefenCath growth depends on evolving reimbursement (ESRD rule, Medicare Advantage) and successful Medicare Advantage contracting.
  • Strong quarter, driven by resilient DefenCath utilization post-TDAPA and growing contribution from the Melinta portfolio.